It's Time For the Weekly Release Date Shuffle

Once again, the Japanese market gets the brunt of the changes. In the past week, Treasure Strike, Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix, and Sega GT saw release, so they've been removed. Look for full coverage on the former titles shortly, but Sega GT has already been given the Jaz Rignal treatment. Check out the preview.

There are a few new dates on the Japanese list, including Capcom and Psykio's Gunbird 2 (March 9), Koei's Winning Post 4: Program 2000 (March 2000), and the home version of Capcom's Marvel vs Capcom 2 (March 23 - although most already know about this date). We also have a brand-spankin' new date for Powerstone 2. The sequel to Capcom's unique title from 1999 will hit storefronts on April 27 - expect a full preview then.

Sadly, two games have been delayed in Japan. Sega's Advanced Daisenkyoku, third game in the line spawned by Iron Storm has been slapped with an undisclosed Spring date, as opposed to the previously reported March 30 date. The curiously named Zusabasa, from Real Vision (no, we don't know ANYTHING about this game) has been delayed form June to July.

On the brighter side of things, two new games now grace the Japanese list. It looks like Takara, popular for the Tohshinden series of games, and once prominent SNK conversion house, will be supporting the Dreamcast in the form of a table game currently being called "Life Game." No release date has been set for this game. Online retailer NCS reveals that a title called Sakura Momoko Gekijou will hit Dreamcast on April 20, although we know nothing about this game (it doesn't even appear at Sega of Japan).

On the American front, getting a confirmed release date is tougher than getting a good cross platform port from Infogrames, so not much has changed. It looks like nothing will be arriving for the rest of February, except for, possibly Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Rainbow Six (HA!) has been delayed at Ebworld to March 3. Of course, Renegade Racers has been cancelled, as we revealed last week, so it's been removed.

There are a few dates that remain unconfirmed, so we haven't added them to the list. Tony Hawk currently seems to have a release date of April 2, with Konami's ESPN NBA Tonight and ESPN Baseball Tonight looking at dates of, respectively, 5/16 and 6/16. We'll try and obtain confirmation of these dates shortly, so check back soon.

The entire release date list can be seen by clicking on the "RELEASE DATES" section to the left . . . your left.